Pentagon Sets December 3 Date for Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood Shooter
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be executed by firing squad on December 3 in what would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years.
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Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be carried out as a public event. A Defense Department official later confirmed the execution would also be livestreamed.
Speaking in an interview with Real America's Voice, the Pentagon secretary said a firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, December 3. If carried out as described, it would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years, marking a significant and rare event within the military justice system.
A Long Road Through the Military Courts
Hasan was convicted by a military court following the 2009 attack, one of the deadliest shootings ever to occur on a US military base, and was sentenced to death. The case subsequently moved through an extended military appeals process that spanned more than a decade before reaching this point.
The decision to make the execution public and to livestream it departs sharply from the historical norm for US military executions, which have traditionally been closed proceedings witnessed by only a limited number of officials. The announcement is likely to intensify debate over both the death penalty within military justice and the decision to broadcast an execution to a public audience, with further logistical details expected to be announced closer to the December date.
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- Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed — The Guardian — World
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